July 20, 2005I was going to bike in this morning, but I decided that I couldn't handle another 24 hours of not being productive (moreso) because my eyes were bothering me. So I took the day off and made an appointment with an eye doctor for tomorrow morning. At this point I'm debating whether I should ride my bike around tonight to re-damage them so that it will be easier to diagnose or whether I should just see what the doctor has to say. I guess the idea of intentially causing damage seems kind of silly, but I dread going to the doctor and having them tell me, we can't see anything wrong... Kloden dropped out of the tour today. He broke his wrist in a crash yesterday and decided he couldn't complete the race. There was an article in Velonews about whether he can be the next German contender. The article also goes into the German disappointment with Ullrich. I think it uses the line "afraid to love again," but I could be mistaken. Certainly it looks like whatever happens that next year will be exciting. Another quote from the article, "Klöden agrees with CSC's Ivan Basso that the only truly invincible cyclist is Lance Armstrong; everyone else, he has a shot at." One last thing before I sign off, Slate has an article about a revamped periodic table. Apparently, it's the first since Mendeleev's original to gain widespread acceptance. Make sure to check out the slide show -- it's really cool. Blinded by exercise
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What good is a link to the new and inproved Periodic Table if they don't show you an actual copy of the Periodic Table? All they show you is this small galaxy looking thing and say here it is, do you like it? Plus if you google it all you get is the opportunity to buy the poster for $50. I say Stewart is a sham!!! Fred Posted by: Fred at July 20, 2005 05:01 PMThis isn't big enough for you? http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a3/ChemicalGalaxy_Stewart_2004.jpg Posted by: Ross at July 20, 2005 05:26 PMIt may be my age but I can't read any of those 3-4 font type words on the side of that picture. I'm not a chemist so I haven't got all of the elements memorized so I can't just see how he threw them in there so unless I go get my periodic table from downstairs...no its not big enough. Posted by: Fred at July 20, 2005 06:10 PMI've got a copy of Mendeleev's original periodic table around here somewhere. Saying it hasn't been revamped is the statement of someone who thinks because it looks like a checkerboard, it must be the same. Posted by: sti at July 20, 2005 06:19 PMIt doesn't look "galaxy-ish" to me, even superimposed on a galaxy. It has more of the look of some exotic beetle to me. Posted by: Ed at July 21, 2005 12:49 AMPost a comment
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